Bakery appliance.



L. Yom-3. BAKERY A\PPLI.^\NGI;'L` APPLICATION FILED MAY 23H91?.

Patented Sept. 11, 1917. 2 SHEETS-SHEET l.

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W/m/Essfs 'LOUIS YCRE, 0F SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

BAKERY APPLIANCE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept., 11, 1917.,

Application led May 23, 1917. Serial No. 170,497.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, Louis YCRE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bakery Appliances, ot which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in bakv ery appliances and the invention has for its object to provide an appliance especially adapted for the forming of French rolls, wherein a table is provided for supporting a board carrying the dough, and a plurality of blades having guided movement toward and from the table and counterweighted to hold the blades elevated, the guides for the blades having means for permitting the blades to be moved laterally when in cutting position to separate the rolls.

ln the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved appliance,

Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section,

Fig. 3 is a section on `the line 3 3 ot Fig. looking in the direction of the arrows adjacent to the line,

Fig. Ll is a top plan view of the dough board.

The present embodiment of the invention comprises a'table 1 having its top recessed to torni flanges 2 and 3 at its end and at one side, the other side being open, and the table is supported by the usual legs fl. Near each side ot' the table and at the opposite end thereof pairs ot standards 5 and 6 are arranged, the standards 5 being of greater height than the standards 6, and each standard is provided on its inner face with a vertical groove T and 8 respectively. IBlade carrying bars 9 and 10 are mounted in the respective standards, the ends of the bars 9 and 10 being oiiset upwardly as indicated at 11 and engaging the grooves of the standards. Each of the ends 11 of each bar has a notch or recess 12, and a roller 13 is journaled in each notch or recess, each roller engaging the bottom of the adjacent groove 7l or 8 as the case may be. Each bar 9 and 10 carries a blade 14 and it will be noticed that the lower end of each guide groove 7 and 8 is enlarged laterally at both ends as indicated at 15, to permit the blade supporting bars to be swung laterally to cause the blades to separate the rolls after they have been @uit Each blade and its supporting bar is counterweighted by a counterweight 1G, the said counter-weights being connected with cords 17 which pass over pulleys 1S and 19 to a connection with the adjacent end 11 oli the adjacent blade supporting bar 9 or 1U. The roller 1S is on the outer face of the standard and the roller 19 is on the top ot the standard and the counterweights are supported at the outer faces of the standards. These weights are just sutlicient to lift the blades and the supports when they have been released after cutting the dough.

ln Fig. al is shown a board or tray for supporting the dough. The said board or tray comprises a base or bottom 2O having side and end walls 21 and 22 respectively, and having av partition wall 23 extending longitudinally of the center of the board and engaging at its ends the end walls 22. From the inner tace of each side wall and from each :tace ot the partition wall spaced partitions 2a extend toward the center of the two compartments formed between each side wall and the partition wall, the members otl the tour series of partitions being in alinement, and the members ot the series in each compzn'tment are. spaced apart at their adjacent ends, as shown, to permit the passage ot the blades and their lateral movement.

In operation, the dough is laid in the double compartments formed by the partitions 241 and the t-ray is placed on the table between the flanges in the manner shown in Fig. 2. Spacing members 25 are secured to the end walls 3 of the table, to properly space the tray beneath the blades 1l and when the tray is in place the blades are pulled down successively, cutting through the dough after which they are moved lati erally to separate the cut ends. After the rolls have been cut the tray is ready to go to the oven.

The improved tray is designed for littj six rolls, but it will be Obvious that it may be larger or smaller, dependent upon the size of the cutting machine. The rolls may be very easily removed from the tray, by placing a sheet oli canvas over the tray. This canvas sheet is cut through by the knives and it permits the rolls to be lifted from the tray with the greatest facility.

The device can also be made with only one standard with the knife or even both knives attach-ed to it, and this would change noth ing of the working principle the device I claim 1. A bakery appliance comprising a table having upstanding flanges at its rear and end Walls, a pair of standards near each side of the table and at opposite ends thereof, one pair being of greater height than the other, each standard having on its 4inner face a vertical groove enlarged `laterally at both sides at the bottom of the groove, a blade support having its ends engaging the grooves of each pair, and carrying a cutting blade, the enlargements at the bottom of' the grooves permitting the support to be moved laterallv, and counterweight mechanism for lifting the blade supports, each blade support engaging the bottom of the adjacent groove, said counteriveighting mechanism comprising Weights, fleXible members 'connecting the weights to the blade supports, said weights being at the outer faces of the standards, and direction elements for the flexible members.

2. A bakery appliance comprising a table, having upstanding flanges at its rear and cnd'walls, a pair of standards near each side of the table and at opposite ends thereof, one pair being of greater height than the other, each standard having on its inner face a vertical Igroove enlarged laterally at both sides at the bottom of the groove, a blade support having its ends engaging the grooves of each pair, and carrying a cutting blade, the enlargements at the bottom of the grooves permitting the support to be moved laterally, and counterweight mechanism for lifting the blade supports.

3. A bakery appliance comprising a table having upstanding flanges at its rear and end Walls, a pair of standards near each side of the table and at opposite ends thereof, one pair being of greater' height than the other, each standard having on its Ainner face a vertical groove enlarged laterally at both sides at the bottom of the groove, a blade support having its ends engaging the grooves of' each pair, and carrying a cutting blade, the enlargements at the bottom of the grooves permitting the support to be moved laterally and counteriveight mechanism for lifting the blade supports, each blade support engaging thebottom of the adjacent groove. l

4. A device of the character described comprising a table, a pair of standards near each side `of the table, the members of the pairs being at opposite ends of the table, a blade support foi' each pair of standards, the ends of the support having guided movement in the standards, reach support carrying a cutting blade, the guiding mechanism having means at their lower ends for permitting the support 'to' be moved laterally in both directions.

5. A device of the character specified, comprising a table having upstanding flanges at its ends and one side,a pair of cut-ting blades having guided movement toward and from the table and a dough supporting tray fitting the table .between the flanges and having double compartments for holding dough for tivo rolls, the Walls of the compartments being cut avvay at the position of the blades.

Louis Yoan.

lVitnesses LEON SEEMAN, MARGUERITE Ln CRIVIDIOZ.

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